How Tom Cheney's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Tom Cheney totaled 1,981 career Batters Faced, well below the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 1962, posting 738, well above the starting pitcher average of 553.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at 25, well below the starting pitcher average of 516.8 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 542 in 1963 to 199 in 1964 and 25 in 1966, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 25 to 738 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Tom Cheney Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Tom Cheney
| Tom Cheney
Batters Faced | Tom Cheney
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 1981 | 38.26 |
| Season Avg. | 247.63 | 38.26 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2790.63 | 38.26 |
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Tom Cheney Batters Faced Per Season
Tom Cheney's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tom Cheney Batters Faced by Team
Tom Cheney's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tom Cheney Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Tom Cheney's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Tom Cheney Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Tom Cheney's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Tom Cheney Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Tom Cheney's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
